Dee - so happy to hear from you. Who knows what might've happened if we'd been left unsupervised much longer. I have the same feelings about my family & all the drama. I suspect that it was always that way, I just tuned it out or wasn't paying full attention to the goings on. I have "risen above" it, too - and can tolerate them all with a smile.
Glad you are back, unscathed by the experience. Onward to 2011 we go.